Francis Jacob Reedy was born in 1904 in Washington, County, Kansas. His parents were Peter Jackson Reedy and Mary Barbara Schuessler. Agnes Mary Nutsch was also born in Washington County, Kansas. Her parents were John F. Nutsch, III and Mary Ann Koch. Francis and Agnes were married November 7, 1926 in Eureka, Utah. They had four children, Traces their ancestors in Kansas, Indiana, Missouri, Virginia and Bavaria, Germany.

Joshua Fredrick Bostick Sr. was born 8 November 1854 in Colorado Co., Texas. He was the youngest son of Sion Bostick and Susan Townsend. Joshua married Sarah H. Holman 7 April 1875 in Burnet Co., Texas. His second marriage was to Ida Mattie. Joshua was the father of thirteen children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived in Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, Georgia, New Mexico and elsewhere.

Hiram Bennett was born in 1796 in Franklin County, Georgia. He married Theodosia Dobbs (d. 1845) in 1820. They had ten children. He married Sarah Dougan (1827-1915) in 1846 in Dallas, Texas. They had seven children. He died in 1888 in Mesquite, Texas.

Thomas Whittington was born in about 1740 in England. He married Martha and they had ten known children and lived in Bedford and Campbell Counties in Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Missouri.

George May was born in 1755. He married Martha Magdalene Houghman. They had fifteen children. He died in 1815 in Criders, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia.

Hans Jerg Hoffarth, son of Johann Christoffel Hoffarth, was born in 1674 in Schwaigern, Neckar, Wuerttemberg, Germany, and died in 1718 in Maxatawny & Macungie, then Longswamp Township, Pennsylvania. He married Anna Margaretha Most (1675-1730), daughter of Marx Most and Susanna Sauer, in 1702. They had seven children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Germany, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana and Kansas.

John Beeby/Beebe and Rebecca Ladde were married about 1626 in Broughton, England where she was christened in 1602. About 1650, they immigrated to America with six of their eight children. Descendants intermarried with the Lowe, Reedy, Willey and other families.

Lorenzo Frederick Smith came to America in 1777 with the Bavarian Ansbach Regiments to fight with the British in the American Revolution. His regiment surrendered at Yorktown and was held prisoner at Winchester, Virginia until fall, 1783. Lorenzo stayed in this country, marrying Christine Agatha Sunifrank in the German settlement of Lovettsville, Virginia. Their 14 children were born in Lovettsville and Rockingham County, Virginia, between 1789 and...

Autobiography of Harry Howard Varner (1885-1970) and genealogical tables of his ancestors and those of his two wives, Susan Chapman Peacock and Mary Thornton Hardie.